Brand & Jubilee
Brand bounced out of his room and went to find Jubilee.
Who knew girls could be so neat? He grinned happily as he found her.
"Jubes!"
"Hey, Firefly."
Jubilee got up from where she was sitting, and pounced him. Brand went down onto the couch and Jubilee kissed him firmly.
"Well, good morning."
Brand grinned wider.
"Yep. So, whatcha want to do today?"
"I don't know, what do you want to do?"
"Pain!" Jubilee scolded, ruffling up his hair.
Brand leant forward and kissed her again, which led to a more heated make out session.
Bobby and Brand
Bobby waited until Brand was up to go to the toilet, then pulled him around the corner and shoved him up against a wall.
"Let go!" Brand said.
Bobby shook his head.
"You hurt Jubes and I'll hurt you, capice?"
Brand
Brand nodded.
"Dude, I got this talk from Logan already. He scares me more then you do. I'm not going to hurt Jubes. Ever. I swear!"
He winced slightly.
"Can you put me down now, please?"
Bobby
"I'll be watching."
Bobby let Brand fall to the ground, then went off to go hang out with Hank.
Brand & Jonothon
Brand picked himself up off the ground, wincing. Ow...
Jubilee was lucky she was worth getting knocked around a bit for. He smiled again and went to go back to her, only to get thrown up against another wall. Oh, not again...
"Hurt Jubilee and I'll kick yer arse from 'ere to Lunnon town," Jonothon said menacingly.
Brand nodded frantically, feet off the ground as Jonothon glared at him.
"We understand each other then. Good."
Brand oofed as he was dropped again. Jonothon stomped off. Brand leant his head in his hands.
"Oh, man..."
Faith
Faith walked out of her room, heading to get some breakfast when she noticed Brand on the ground.
"You ok, kid?"
Brand
"I'm fine. Just...resting."
Brand smiled at her weakly.
Faith
"You sure? Logan didn't caht with you again, did he?"
Faith bent down and helped him to his feet.
Brand & Jubilee
"It wasn't Logan."
Brand steadied himself against the wall for a moment.
"Yo, Brand! You ever coming back to watch this movie or what?" Jubilee called out from the rec room.
Brand smiled at Faith, then turned to go.
"Impatient much? I'm coming."
Faith
Faith nodded and headed on her way.
"Stay cool, kiddo."
Brand, Jubilee & Sergei
Brand and Jubilee watched the last of the movie together. By the time it was over, it was nearly lunchime, so they decided to make some sandwiches and go have a picnic near the lake. One thing eventually led to another, as it usually does, and they kissed a lot.
Jubilee came back with grass sticking to her hair. Brand picked a bit out carefully with his fingers.
"Man..." Jubilee muttered.
"I'm gonna go brush this out of my hair. Will you tidy up?"
Brand melted when she turned wide eyes on him.
"Course."
Jubilee kissed him quickly and then went to go brush the grass out of her hair. Brand sighed happily and went to put the cups they'd taken back in the kitchen. He put them down in the sink and then yelped in shock as Sergei loomed over him, eyes very cold and sparking with icy silver flame.
"Jesus on a stick..."
Sergei grabbed the boy's shoulder and pressed down hard, other hand glowing faintly.
"Jubilee is like my little sister. If I think you are hurting her, or making moves on her I do not think you should, I will remove the ability for you to do so."
His nuclear energy charged hand moved closer to Brand's crotch and the younger boy nearly climbed up the cupboard.
"Swear I'm not gonna! Please don't hurt me!"
Sergei snorted and dropped Brand, hand going back to normal as he turned and left.
"See that you don't."
Brand covered his eyes with his hand.
Rebekah
Rebekah noticed Sergei leaving the kitchen and went in to investigate.
"You ok, Brand?"
Brand
"Gah!"
Brand looked at her, eyes wide like a scared rabbit.
"Please don't hurt me! I swear, I'm not gonna hurt Jubey! Ever!"
Rebekah
Rebekah looked a little confused.
"Is that what Sergei said to you?"
Brand
Brand looked hunted.
"I'm going to find Jubes now and stay away from every male in this house. Man...I'm too young to die! But Jubes is so pretty...and she's cool, and funny, and I really, really like her and she likes me back and everything's very difficult at the moment because people keep threatening me!"
Rebekah
"Is that what Jono looked so chuffed about?"
Rebekah touched Brand's cheek.
"Don't worry, I'll go have words with Jono."
Brand
"Please don't! Then he might try to come and kill me again!" Brand said quickly.
"Bye, Bek!"
He ran out the door to go find Jubilee.
Rebekah and Bobby
Rebekah shook her head and then ran into Bobby, who was eyeing Brand suspiciously as he ran past.
"I don't like it."
"Do not tell me you 'ave been part of zis madness too?"
Bobby shrugged.
"Don't know what you're talking about."
"Harm one hair on Brand's head, and not only will you have to deal with Faith, but I'll make very certain that you, and the rest of the guys that threatened him will never get it up again. Understood?"
Bobby whimpered and backed away.
"Didn't do anything!"
Brand & Octavian
Brand didn't find in her room, frowned and set off to hunt through the mansion for her.
"Juuuuuubeeeeey...Jubes?"
Octavian almost materialised out of the darkness of the stables, frowning slightly. Brand flinched as Octavian walked towards him, grabbing his shirt and forcing him up against one of the stall doors.
"If you ever, ever hurt Jubilation, I will hunt you down like a dog and kill you myself. If you force your attentions on her, I will castrate you. I know how to do it to a horse, I'm sure I can do it to a human. Do we understand each other?"
"Perfectly!" Brand yelped.
"Smashing, old boy."
Octavian dropped Brand and stepped away, dusting his hands slightly. Brand groaned from the ground, feeling his head where it had thumped against the wood. Hooves clipclopped past him as Octavian took his horse out for a run.
Bobby and Rebekah
Bobby skittered away from Rebekah, passing Jono in the halls as he went to hide out with Hank.
"She's mean, she's awful and she's your girlfriend!"
Brand, Hank & Jonothon
Brand took his hand away from his head to find it sticky with blood. He tramped down to the medlabs, feeling hurt that everyone immediately thought the worst of him.
Hank was waiting for him in the labs, tapping his foot slightly. He bared his fangs in an unfriendly grin when Brand edged around the door. Brand's eyes widened and then he turned to bolt. Hank's paw closed firmly around his arm.
"I have heard some interesting scuttlebutt from upstairs, Brand. Do you want to know what it was?"
Brand froze like a hunted animal as Beast continued.
"It was that you have entered into a romantic relationship with our most dear Jubilation. Now, do I need to stress to you how very upset I would be if she came down here crying anytime because of you? Hmmmmm?"
Brand shook his head wildly and garbled something indisguishable as he tried to merge with the wall as a scalpel pressed against the waistband of his jeans.
"I'm so very glad we had this talk, Brand. Now, why did you come to see me?"
Brand sagged in relief as the scalpel was removed and Hank turned back into Hank from the Beast.
"Bumped my head, it was bleeding."
Hank patched Brand up and the young teen fled, sneakers slapping on the lino as he ran away in a freaked out state.
"She's lovely!" JOnothon corrected Bobby.
Bobby
"No, she's not. And she'll do it to you, as well, if... if we hurt Brand," Bobby yelled, running away and down to Hank.
"Hank! Hank!"
Brand, Jubilee, Jonothon & Hank
Brand ran up to Jubilee's room. Please be there, please be there now...
Angelo reached out of his room, grabbed Brand by the collar and yanked him into it. Brand choked slightly.
"If you hurt Jubilee, who is like the little sister I left behind in Colombia, I will get a gun and blow your brains out. I'm very good with guns, vato. I understand them. I know vengeance like my drums, too. Hurt her, and you'll hurt worse. Capiche?"
"Yes! I'm not gonna hurt her, I swear!" Brand said.
"Boun."
Angelo shoved Brand out of his room and closed the door again. Knees shaking with reaction, he stumbled down the hall. He knocked on Jubilee's door and she opened it and pulled him into a long kiss.
"Wot's got yer knickers in a twist, luv?" Jonothon asked as he came up behind Bek.
"Yes, Bobby?" Hank said.
Rebekah and Bobby
"You're all threatening poor Brand," Rebekah said.
Bobby panted for breath.
"Bek told me to stay away from her, so that is just what I'm doing. She's all annoyed because I threatened Brand."
Jonothon & Hank
"Me?"
Jonothon nuzzled her neck.
"I'm wounded."
Hank nodded.
"But Jubilee is very dear to our hearts. We must protect her honour. We *know* what young boys are like around pretty girls like our Jubilee."
Bobby and Rebekah
Bobby nodded and plonked down on a seat.
"How's it going?"
Rebekah stepped away from Jono.
"I mean it. Hurt him, and the males of the mansion will be quite alone for the rest of time."
Hank & Jonothon
"What, my research? Quite good, actually," Hank said.
"Or do you mean the search for a lab assisstant?"
Jonothon stepped after her, sliding his hands over her arms and leaning in to kiss her cheek.
"Only putting the fear of God into the horny little bastard. I'll leave the hurting to Logan."
Bobby and Rebekah
"Both," Bobby said.
Rebekah hmmphed.
"Poor kid."
Hank & Jonothon
Hank polished his glasses.
"Well. There is an assistant at a lab where I sometimes send work...she's very deft, knows about my mutation and is not a mutant hater. I think she would be agreeable to living on premises, and I know the professor would pay her more money then she is currently earning."
Jonothon sighed.
"It's a guy thing."
Bobby and Rebekah
Bobby grinned.
"Scoring with the laaaadies."
Rebekah shrugged.
"Guess so. Anyway."
Hank & Jonothon
"Miss White's and mine relationship is strictly professional," Hank protested.
"Not mad with me anymore?" Jonothon nuzzled her neck.
Bobby and Rebekah
"Ooohhh, so it IS a relationship, go Hanky!" Bobby cheered.
Rebekah shook her head and kissed him softly.
"No. Maybe."
Hank & Jonothon
Hank polished his glasses.
"In the sense that I say hello to her and she says hello back, yes."
"Aww...Brand'll get over it. At least he doesn't have a bloody nose to show him what will happen. That happened to me once."
Bobby and Rebekah
Bobby grinned.
"Loooovers!"
Rebekah smiled faintly and kissed his forehead.
"Ok, not angry."
Hank & Jonothon
"BObby, you are a pain," Hank sighed.
"There is nothing inappropriate in mine and Miss White's day to day interaction."
"Oh, good."
Jonothon smiled.
Bobby and Rebekah
"But it's so much more fun my way," Bobby said, laughing.
Rebekah smiled back at him.
"So... I need something to eat."
Hank & Jonothon
"Bobby, not everyone appreciates your sense of humour," Hank said.
"I am proud to sa that you are my friend, but please, do not scare the human who is coming to help me in my research."
"So go eat."
JOnothon stepped away slightly.
Bobby and Rebekah
Bobby chuckled.
"Ok, I won't. I'll be charming."
Rebekah nodded and brushed past Jono, without looking back.
Hank, Brand, Jubilee & Logan
Hank nodded and sighed.
"Thank you, BObby."
Brand stared at Jubilee as they lay on her bed, then leant forward to kiss her again. SHe murmured happily against his lips, running her fingers through his hair.
Logan walked up the hall slowly. Jubilee's ears pricked up and she shoved Brand towards the window.
"Wolvie's coming! Ya gotta shinny down the drainpipe, Firefly."
Brand gulped and nodded before going to do as she said. He dropped to the ground slowly as Logan opened the door. Jubilee looked at him innocently, curls of smoke from a joss stick drifting through the air.
"What?"
Faith
Faith looked out the window and noticed Brand.
"What are you doing, kid?"
Brand
Brand put a finger to his lips, shhing her.
"I was in Jubes's room, and Logan turned up. So I'm climbing down so I don't die."
Faith
"Oh for God's sake..."
Faith left her room and grabbed Logan by his shirt and dragged him away from Jubilee's room.
Logan & Brand
"What?" Logan protested.
"I was talking to Jubilee!"
Brand dropped to the ground, then collapsed with a groan.
Faith
"Yeah, but um... yeah... there's something heavy in our room that I need help lifting."
Faith nodded.
Logan
"Alright then..." Logan said slowly.
He followed her, a little bemused.
Faith
Faith led them into their room and pointed vaguely.
"There, that needs to be moved..."
Logan
"What, the wall?" Logan said.
"I think I better talk to Chuck before I move any walls."
Faith
"No, not the wall... that..."
Faith kept pointing wildly, buying Brand some time.
Logan
"Dammit, the kid was in Jubes's room, wasn't he?!"
Logan turned on his heel.
"I'm going to kill him!"
Faith
"You kill him and there'll be no more sex for you."
Faith nodded seriously.
Logan
Logan paused for a moment, and turned, expression faintly pleading.
"But darlin', I have to."
Faith
"I mean it Logan."
Faith folded her arms across her chest.
"You kill him, and I'll move out and won't come back."
Logan
"Fine, I won't kill him."
Logan escaped out the door.
Didn't say nothing about not roughing him up a little.
Faith
"Logan!"
Faith chased him out.
"Harm one hair on my boy's head and you can just have your hand."
Logan & Kurt
Logan growled.
"Faith, it is a matter of honour!"
Kurt came out of the kitchen, eyes wide in his face.
"Was?"
"Go back to eating your lunch, Fuzzy Elf," Logan said.
Kurt nodded and ducked back into the kitchen.
"Bek, vas is going on? Vhy is Logan after Brand?"
Faith and Rebekah
"I'll start packing," Faith called out to him.
Rebekah shrugged.
"Everyone's against him, because he's with Jubilee."
Logan & Kurt
Logan turned, sighing.
"Faith...he's corrupting my adopted daughter's innocence. As her father figure, it is my duty to threaten, beat and scare any boy who would change my little girl."
Kurt nodded slightly, looking confused.
"I...do not understand vhy Logan is so upset. Brand is a good kinder, ja?" (child)
Faith and Rebekah
"Bye Logan..."
Faith made a big show of slamming the door, then flopped on the bed.
Rebekah nodded.
"He is, but no one else seems to see that."
Logan & Kurt
"Darlin..."
Logan opened the door and looked at her.
"Imagine Airlia in 15 years or so. Then imagine some hormone crazed, testorene driven teenage boy with only one thing in mind putting his grabby mitts on your daughter."
Kurt sighed.
"Sie Amerikaner sind verrückt..." (You Americans are crazy)
Faith and Rebekah
Faith looked at Logan, shirt falling down to reveal the top of her breasts.
"But Brand is me, he's like... you hurt him, you hurt me."
Rebekah nodded.
"Americans are. I, am not."
Logan & Kurt
Logan's face went stony.
"He's corrupting my Jubilee."
"My apologies, Fraulien, of course you are not American," Kurt said.
Faith and Rebekah
Faith sighed.
"Fine, go hurt whatever. I'm gonna meet the Boss."
She got up and grabbed a jacket, starting out of the room.
Rebekah smiled.
"Not a problem."
Logan & Kurt
Logan growled.
"Jesus, Faith..."
Kurt smiled at her bashfully, and then went to make himself another sandwich.
Faith
"No go, do the dad thing. I won't be too late. I think."
Faith flipped her keys in her hand and headed out, pulling out her new phone and calling the Mayor.
"Hey Boss man... yeah I'll be there in a few. Five by five."
Logan, Jubilee & Brand
Logan snarled and stomped down to the Danger Room to do a few sims. Set on the highest danger setting possible.
Jubilee tugged Brand's hand, leading him back into the mansion.
"I'm telling you, Wolvie didn't smell a thing. He hates my joss sticks. I think they make him sneeze."
"I think they smell nice," Brand murmured.
She grinned and leant up to peck him on the cheek.
"I'm keeping you. You're cute and you don't make fun of my joss sticks."
Faith
Faith returned to the mansion a little less than two hours later, bleeding, and tired from a vicious patrol.
It had been a while since she'd gone out looking to get the crap beaten out of her.
Brand, Jubilee & Kurt
Brand traced lazy patterns over the exposed skin on Jubilee's stomach as they lay together, cuddling, on the couch, watching anime cartoons. And trying to explain them to Kurt. Who was politely confused.
"This is called Evangelion."
"Vas is that?"
"That's an ANgel."
"Vas?"
"Big space monster things."
"An angel is not a monster."
"No, but they call these BEM's angels."
"BEM's?"
"Bug eyed monsters."
Faith
Faith hobbled down to the medlabs, leading a trail of blood.
"Hey Doc, could you hold me while I pop my shoulder back in?"
Hank
"Oh my stars!"
Hank hurried over and sat her firmly on a medbed.
"I will do more then that, Faith. Sit. Stay."
He went to get some of his supplies.
Faith
Faith obediently sat down, looking worn out.
Ok, so maybe the Mayor was pushing her a little harder with the Slaying, and he was asking for favours, but that was what he was like, right?
Hank
Hank patched her up and put her shoulder back in, clucking over the state of her.
"What have you been doing?"
Faith
"Patrolling, fighting with Logan, you know, usual."
Faith rotated her shoulder.
"Can I go? I'm kinda tired."
Hank
"Yes, go and sleep. And that's all," Hank said sternly.
Faith
"Not much danger of anything else. Thanks Doc."
Faith saluted and went back up to her and Logan's room.
Logan
Logan wasn't there. Logan was in fact sleeping on the floor of Jubilee's bedroom. To prevent night excursions. And so he didn't have to talk to Faith yet.